She's said she no longer feels comfortable in her clothes after gaining three stone, but that didn't stop former Big Brother star Chanelle Hayes from truly embracing her bikini body while she soaked up the sun during a short break in Tenerife.

The reality star was pictured on holiday in Tenerife (Image: FameFlynet)

Speaking to Now magazine, she said that being a full-time mum, coupled with her ovary problems and depression led her to gain weight. The mother-of-one says she went from a happy size 8-10 to "pushing a size 14."

"Some people take drugs to get a high - it's the same for me with food," she told the magazine.

The cake shop owner also said that she prefers to be healthy rather than a size zero - even though the mum admitted she did whatever it took to be a size zero in her lad mag days.

"I've never been happy with pictures of myself, even when I was a size 4. Five years ago, I was hooked on liposuction. I did whatever it took to be a size zero and that was the perfect method," she confessed.